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Google ordered to halt two Finnish datacentre projects
Original: Google is told to halt work on two datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns. Google failed to do the necessary
Finnish authorities have ordered Google to stop construction work on two planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajaani over environmental concerns. Regulators say the company failed to carry out the required environmental impact assessments before starting work on the sites. The projects form part of a €13 billion investment Google is making across multiple locations in Finland, and the halt raises questions about the timetable for the wider expansion.
Why now: A major technology company's multibillion-euro European expansion has run into regulatory trouble over skipped environmental assessments.
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- Google is told to halt work on two datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns. Google failed to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites. The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a €13bn project across multiple sites in… · mf_newsdigest@mastodon.mediafaro.org · 3
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